Eric Connhttp://ericconn.com
Not all who wander are lostFri, 04 Jan 2019 00:06:36 +0000en-UShourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=5.0.386624718The Secret Life of Fruit Treeshttp://ericconn.com/secret_life_of_fruit_trees/
http://ericconn.com/secret_life_of_fruit_trees/#respondWed, 05 Dec 2018 00:29:52 +0000http://ericconn.com/?p=1051also won’t forget the elation I felt when Gary gave me a pair of tiny blackberry bushes to plant in my own garden at home. Like an overeager Hobbit before Treebeard, I exclaimed, “That’s awesome! I’ll have blackberries like these to pick next summer!” Gary laughed his hearty Entish laugh. “No, no,” he said, thoughtfully […]

]]>http://ericconn.com/secret_life_of_fruit_trees/feed/01051The Missing Generationhttp://ericconn.com/the-missing-generation/
http://ericconn.com/the-missing-generation/#commentsMon, 26 Nov 2018 22:47:02 +0000http://ericconn.com/?p=1031ccording to The State of Pastors, a major study conducted by Barna in conjunction with Pepperdine University, the number of pastors under the age of 40 shrank from 33 percent in 1992 to just 15 percent in 2017. Meanwhile, the number of current pastors over the age of 65 has tripled. As David Kinnaman, President of […]

]]>http://ericconn.com/the-missing-generation/feed/81031Be Killing Sinhttp://ericconn.com/be-killing-sin/
http://ericconn.com/be-killing-sin/#commentsFri, 23 Mar 2018 23:34:43 +0000http://ericconn.com/?p=965noticed him slide into one of the pews in the back, not thinking anything of his tardy entry. After service, I saw that his hand was wrapped in paper towels, blood stains seeping through in multiple places. He took them off to show me and I could see deep puncture wounds, still bleeding, and a […]

]]>http://ericconn.com/be-killing-sin/feed/5965Fire on the Mountainhttp://ericconn.com/fire-on-the-mountain/
http://ericconn.com/fire-on-the-mountain/#commentsWed, 14 Mar 2018 20:52:47 +0000http://ericconn.com/?p=940fter a record year of drought, searing heat, and a near total lack of humidity, conditions were ripe for a devastating fire season. The dangers were high, and officials from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) issued several red flag warnings out of Grand Junction during that timeframe. The fire on Storm King burned […]

]]>http://ericconn.com/fire-on-the-mountain/feed/1940Hard Men in a World of Softnesshttp://ericconn.com/hard-men-world-softness/
http://ericconn.com/hard-men-world-softness/#commentsTue, 27 Feb 2018 18:56:12 +0000http://ericconn.com/?p=919everal years ago, I was at a gathering with a group of church leaders who hailed from around the country, many of them from major metropolitan areas. As an elder from a town of only a few thousand, and at the time an editor at a gun magazine, I felt a little bit like the […]

]]>http://ericconn.com/hard-men-world-softness/feed/22919The Heart of the Wildhttp://ericconn.com/the-heart-of-the-wild/
http://ericconn.com/the-heart-of-the-wild/#commentsThu, 19 Oct 2017 20:17:38 +0000http://ericconn.com/?p=829t over 2.3 million acres, it is the largest contiguous and federally managed wilderness in the Lower 48, completely roadless and, as it turns out, unrelentingly inhospitable. There are no motorized vehicles or equipment, just endless miles of hellaciously steep terrain, an occasional trail, and the kind of country even mules balk at. The Church […]

]]>http://ericconn.com/the-heart-of-the-wild/feed/1829#TrainingDayhttp://ericconn.com/trainingday/
http://ericconn.com/trainingday/#respondMon, 28 Aug 2017 18:18:26 +0000http://ericconn.com/?p=817 ‘ve been asking myself that question as I examine my own life and the life of Abraham, both of which are full of resistance. I’d like to think character comes from experiencing a long string of successes and goals met—at least that would be convenient and exciting. I’d like to think the soil in […]

]]>http://ericconn.com/trainingday/feed/0817A Tale of Two People: Those Who Radiate or Drainhttp://ericconn.com/tale-two-people-radiate-drain/
http://ericconn.com/tale-two-people-radiate-drain/#respondFri, 30 Jun 2017 16:54:26 +0000http://ericconn.com/?p=793 We’re either giving life to those around us or taking it. There’s no neutral ground. We’re either the kind of person that lightens the load for others or throws bricks onto already weary backs. We breathe life or we strangle it. The drainers Central to the “drainers,” as I’ll call them, is a propensity […]

]]>http://ericconn.com/tale-two-people-radiate-drain/feed/0793Embracing Your Obstacleshttp://ericconn.com/embracing-your-obstacles/
http://ericconn.com/embracing-your-obstacles/#respondSat, 01 Apr 2017 18:00:31 +0000http://ericconn.com/?p=778aybe you face physical limitations or external conditions aren’t favorable—didn’t get the job you wanted, broke your leg in training camp, an important relationship has deteriorated to the point of constant pain and frustration, or you’re trying to move the ball forward in the arena of your dreams but meet opposition and failure at every turn. […]

]]>http://ericconn.com/embracing-your-obstacles/feed/0778Why Do So Many People Hate Their Job?http://ericconn.com/why-do-so-many-people-hate-their-job/
http://ericconn.com/why-do-so-many-people-hate-their-job/#commentsMon, 27 Mar 2017 23:10:03 +0000http://ericconn.com/?p=754asked myself that question recently while sifting through an unending selection of Pinterest memes about work. No, it doesn’t pertain to my current job, but yes, it’s still funny because, yes, I’ve been there before and I can still relate. First, laughing about the misery of our situations is relieving. It somehow allows us to […]